2019 NBA draft, Draft lottery
^ 1: Since the Memphis Grizzlies drew the second pick, it was not conveyed to the Boston Celtics. ^ 2: Since the Dallas Mavericks drew outside the top 5, their pick was conveyed to the Atlanta Hawks. ^ 3: Since the Sacramento Kings drew the 14th pick, it was conveyed to the Boston Celtics (if the Kings had drawn the 1st pick, it would have been conveyed to the Philadelphia 76ers, who would have in turn conveyed their 24th overall pick to the Celtics).


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants
The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its player's union. The previous CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes.


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants
The NBA has since expanded the draft combine to include players with remaining college eligibility (who, like players without college eligibility, can only attend by invitation).


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants, Early entrants
Players who are not automatically eligible have to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. For the 2019 draft, the date fell on April 21. After that date, "early entry" players are able to attend NBA pre-draft camps and individual team workouts to show off their skills and obtain feedback regarding their draft positions. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration date, which is 10 days before the draft. Under current NCAA rules, players had until May 29 (10 days after the draft combine) to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants, Early entrants
A player who has hired an agent forfeits his remaining college eligibility when he is drafted. He can be represented beginning after any basketball season, following a request for an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. From this draft on, players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year, only after terminating all agreements with their agents.


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants, Early entrants, College underclassmen
This year, 233 underclassed draft prospects (i.e., players with remaining college eligibility) had declared by the April 21 deadline, with 175 of these players being from college (including one American who went to a Canadian college) or were high school postgraduates. The names left over mean they have hired an agent, or have announced that they plan to do so before the night of the draft. At the end of the deadline, 86 players declared their intentions to enter the draft with an agent while 89 announced their return to college for at least one more season. By the end of the international underclassmen deadline, both Sacha Killeya-Jones and Kouat Noi removed their names from this year's draft while removing their collegiate eligibility as well, which left 84 total college underclassmen entering the draft.


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants, Early entrants, International players
International players that had declared this year and did not previously declare in another prior year can drop out of the draft about 10 days before the draft begins on June 10. By the April 23 deadline, a record-high 58 international prospects, including an international Canadian university player, expressed interest in the 2019 NBA draft. By the end of the international deadline on June 10, 46 of these players pulled their names out of the draft, leaving only 12 fully foreign players entering the NBA draft this year. For this year's draft, the total underclassmen left were 96 players.


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants, Automatically eligible entrants
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:


2019 NBA draft, Eligibility and entrants, Automatically eligible entrants
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:


2019 NBA draft, Invited attendees
The NBA annually invites around 15–20 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. When his name is called, the player leaves the room and goes up on stage. Other players who are not invited are allowed to attend the ceremony. They sit in the stands with the fans and walk up the stage when or if they are drafted. On June 8, the NBA announced only 9 invited players to the event (all of whom played collegiately this year).


2019 NBA draft, Invited attendees
Four days later, the NBA invited seven more players to the event, bringing the number of invites up to 16. Two more players were invited the next day, bumping the number up to 18. On June 14, two more players were invited to this year's event, bringing up the total invites to 20. Five days later, three more players received last minute invitations for this year's NBA draft, bringing the total number of invites up to 23. On the night of the event, Matisse Thybulle was revealed as a last-minute invite, bumping up the final invite list to 24. The following players (listed alphabetically) were confirmed as invites for the event:


2019 NBA playoffs
The 2019 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2018–19 season. The playoffs began on April 13 and ended on June 13 at the conclusion of the 2019 NBA Finals.


2019 NBA playoffs, Format
Within each conference, the eight teams with the most wins qualified for the playoffs. The seedings were based on each team's record.


2019 NBA playoffs, Format
Each conference's bracket was fixed; there was no reseeding. All rounds were best-of-seven series; the series ended when one team won four games, and that team advanced to the next round. All rounds, including the NBA Finals, were in a 2–2–1–1–1 format. In the conference playoffs, home court advantage went to the higher-seeded team (number one being the highest). Seeding was based on each team's regular season record within a conference; if two teams had the same record, standard tiebreaker rules were used. Conference seedings were ignored for the NBA Finals: Home court advantage went to the team with the better regular season record, and, if needed, ties were broken based on head to head record, followed by intra-conference record.


2019 NBA playoffs, Playoff qualifying
On March 1, 2019, the Milwaukee Bucks became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.


2019 NBA playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (8) Detroit Pistons
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pistons winning all four of the previous meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Toronto Raptors vs. (7) Orlando Magic
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Magic winning the first meeting.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Brooklyn Nets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, but the first since the New Jersey Nets relocated to Brooklyn and became the Brooklyn Nets in 2012, with each team winning one series.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Indiana Pacers
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning three of the first five meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) Los Angeles Clippers
The Clippers trailed 94–63 with 7:31 remaining in the third quarter of Game 2. They would go on to outscore Golden State 72–37 en route to overcoming a 31-point deficit, the largest comeback in NBA playoff history.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) Los Angeles Clippers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Clippers winning the first meeting.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning five of the first six meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (6) Oklahoma City Thunder
Damian Lillard scored 50 points in Game 5 and finished off the series by hitting a 37-foot three at the buzzer to break a 115–115 tie, sending the Blazers through to the Conference Semifinals. This was Lillard's second series-winning 3-pointer; his first came against Houston in 2014. He is the only player besides Michael Jordan to hit two series-winning field goals. This was also the last Thunder game to feature both Russell Westbrook and Paul George.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (6) Oklahoma City Thunder
This was the fifth playoff meeting between the SuperSonics/Thunder and the Blazers, but the first since the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder in 2008. The two teams have split their previous four playoff matchups.


2019 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) Utah Jazz
This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Jazz winning five of the first eight meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (4) Boston Celtics
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning five of the first six meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Toronto Raptors vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
As Game 7 came down to the final seconds, Joel Embiid cut a three-point Raptors lead to one with two free throws, then after Kawhi Leonard split his free throws, Jimmy Butler led the fast break and made a layup with 4.2 seconds left to tie the game. After a Toronto timeout, Leonard was given the ball, dribbled around the perimeter and shot it from the baseline, just inside the three-point arc. The shot bounced four times on the rim before going in to give the Raptors the series win.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Toronto Raptors vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
It was the first buzzer-beater to win a Game 7 in NBA history, and only the second such shot in a winner-take-all playoff game, after Michael Jordan's shot to win the Chicago Bulls' 1989 first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. (In 1989, first-round playoff series were best-of-5 instead of the current best-of-7.)


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Toronto Raptors vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Philadelphia winning the first meeting in the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (4) Houston Rockets
All 6 games in the series finished with a differential of less than or exactly 6 points, making it the first playoff series in NBA history to accomplish this feat.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (4) Houston Rockets
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Golden State winning the previous three meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers
Game three became the second playoff game in NBA history to go into quadruple-overtime, joining a 1953 game between the Boston Celtics and Syracuse Nationals.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Denver Nuggets vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (2) Toronto Raptors
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Raptors winning the first meeting in 2017.


2019 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Golden State Warriors vs. (3) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Golden State winning the first two meetings.


2019 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E2) Toronto Raptors vs. (W1) Golden State Warriors
This was the first meeting in the NBA Finals between these two teams.


2019 NBA playoffs, Media coverage, Television
ESPN, TNT, ABC, and NBA TV telecasted the playoffs nationally in the United States. During the first two rounds, games were split between TNT, ESPN, and ABC regardless of conference. NBA TV also televised selected games in the first round. Also in the first round, regional sports networks affiliated with the teams could also broadcast the games, except for games televised on ABC. The Western Conference Finals were televised on ESPN, while TNT televised the Eastern Conference Finals. ABC had exclusive television rights to the 2019 NBA Finals, which was the 17th consecutive year for the network.


2019 NBA playoffs, Media coverage, Television
In Canada, the home market of the Toronto Raptors, national broadcast rights were split approximately equally between the Sportsnet and TSN groups of channels, with some conflicting non-Raptors games airing on NBA TV Canada. Separate Canadian broadcasts were produced for all games involving the Raptors regardless of round or U.S. broadcaster. One TSN telecast of a conference semifinal game involving the Raptors was simulcast over the co-owned CTV broadcast network. For the NBA Finals, in addition to the Canadian cable telecasts, most games also aired on either Citytv or CTV 2 (broadcast networks co-owned with Sportsnet and TSN respectively), using the ABC feed for simultaneous substitution purposes.


2019 NBBF President Cup
The 2019 NBBF President's Cup was the national championship for Nigerian basketball organised by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). The draw was held on 11 November 2019. All game were played at the National Stadium in Lagos. The winners of the President Cup qualify for the 2020 Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly established pan-African league by FIBA and the NBA. Rivers Hoopers won its third Nigerian championship.


2019 NBL Finals
The 2019 NBL Finals were the championship series of the 2018–19 NBL season and the conclusion of the season. The semi-finals started on 28 February and ended 3 March 2019, making way for the Grand Final series to commence on 8 March and end on 17 March 2018. The Perth Wildcats were 3-1 victors over Melbourne United in the best of 5 series, winning their ninth NBL championship title.


2019 NBL Finals, Format
The finals were played in February and March 2020 between the top four teams of the regular season, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and one best-of-five final series, where the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.


2019 NBL Finals, Qualification, Seedings
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.


2019 NBL1 season
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2019 NBL1 season
The 2019 NBL1 season was the first season of NBL1 after the demise of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). The season begun on 29 March 2019 with three matches being placed and it concluded on 17 August 2019 with the grand final of both the men's and women's seasons.


2019 NBL1 season, Background
On 15 February, the name of NBL1 was decided with Basketball Victoria and the NBL deciding on the name which would formerly replace the SEABL as the premier winter league. This was mainly due to the fact that Basketball Australia decided to pull the plug on the SEABL. Forcing the Victorian teams plus the three Tassie teams into the creation of the new league. Eltham Wildcats, Knox Raiders, Ringwood Hawks and the Waverley Falcons all got promoted from the Big V.


2019 NC State Wolfpack baseball team
The 2019 NC State Wolfpack baseball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Doak Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Elliott Avent, his 23rd season at NC State. The Wolfpack finished the season 2nd in the ACC's Atlantic Division with a record of 42–19, 18–12 in conference play. They qualified as the three seed for the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, winning group C, and were eliminated in the semi-finals by Georgia Tech. They were invited to the Greenville Regional in the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament where they were eliminated by East Carolina.


2019 NC State Wolfpack baseball team, Previous Season
In 2018, the Wolfpack finished the season 2nd in the ACC's Atlantic Division with a record of 42–18, 19–11 in conference play. They qualified for the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in pool play. They were invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where they hosted the Raleigh Regional, where they lost in the regional final to Auburn.


2019 NC State Wolfpack baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2019 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 2019 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Dave Doeren. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place in the Atlantic Division.


2019 NC State Wolfpack football team, Previous season
The Wolfpack finished the 2018 season 9–4, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. They received an invite to the Gator Bowl where they were defeated by Texas A&M 13–52.


2019 NC State Wolfpack football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
In the preseason ACC media poll, NC State was predicted to finish in fourth in the Atlantic Division.


2019 NC State Wolfpack football team, Schedule
NC State announced its 2019 football schedule on January 16, 2019. The 2019 schedule will consist of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Wolfpack will host ACC foes Clemson, Louisville, North Carolina, and Syracuse, and will travel to Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Wake Forest.


2019 NC State Wolfpack football team, Schedule
The Wolfpack will host three of the four non-conference opponents, Ball State from the Mid-American Conference, East Carolina from the American Athletic Conference and Western Carolina from Division I FCS and will travel to West Virginia from the Big 12.


2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team
The 2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represented North Carolina State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach George Kiefer, in his third season.


2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team, Background
The 2018 NC State men's soccer team finished the season with a 10–7–3 overall record and a 2–4–2 ACC record. The Wolfpack were seeded eight–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they beat Boston College in the first round, but lost to Wake Forest in the second round. The Wolfpack earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they beat Campbell in the first round but lost to Maryland in the second round.


2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team
The 2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his eight season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 36th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team
The Wolfpack finished the season 12–7–4, 4–2–4 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before falling to eventual champions North Carolina in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Navy and Arkansas before losing to BYU in the Round of 16.


2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Updated July 1, 2020Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship
The 2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship was the fourth annual tournament deciding the NCAA champions for the 2019 collegiate beach volleyball season. It took place May 3–5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and was hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. It was a double elimination tournament, with a single championship match. The Bruins won their second championship in a row by defeating Southern Cal 3–0 in the championship match on May 5, 2019.


2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, Qualification
The tournament was open to teams from Divisions I, II, and III. The top three teams each in the East and West Regions qualified automatically, and two additional teams were selected at large. Selections for the tournament were announced on April 28 on NCAA.com.


2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, All-Tournament Team
At the conclusion of the championship, five pairs (selected from all teams in the field) were honored as members of the All-Tournament Team.


2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, Media Coverage
In December 2017, ESPN was awarded a 5-year contract to provide television coverage of the NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship, beginning with the 2018 season. In addition, the Selection Show for the championship tournament was broadcast on April 28 at NCAA.com.


2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, Media Coverage, Television channels
The 14 dual matches comprising the entirety of the championship were broadcast live on the following channels at the specified times:


2019 NCAA Bowling Championship
The 2019 NCAA Bowling Championship was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA collegiate ten-pin bowling. The tournament was played at the RollHouse Wickliffe in Wickliffe, Ohio from April 11–13, 2019.


2019 NCAA Bowling Championship, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for women's bowling, all NCAA bowling programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were given at-large bids for this championship, which consisted of a modified double-elimination style tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was a tournament of 64-teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national champion for the 2019 season. The 73rd annual edition of the tournament began on May 31, 2019 and concluded with the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska which started on June 15 and ended on June 26.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Summit League champion Omaha made their first appearance in the tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As a result of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that started in late 2019 and subsequently forced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 season and tournament, this would be the last tournament held until 2021.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament procedure
A total of 64 teams entered the 2019 tournament. 31 automatic bids were awarded to each program that won their conference's tournament or regular season. The remaining 33 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament procedure
The Selection Committee seeded the national seeds from 1 to 16, each of whom would host their respective regional.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament procedure
The selections and seedings were completed and revealed on Monday, May 27, 2019, at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament procedure
All qualifying teams were placed into 16 regional double-elimination brackets of four teams. The winners of each regional advanced to a Super Regional in a best-of-three format to advance to the College World Series.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that hosted each round of the tournament:


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, National seeds
The sixteen national seeds, which hosted the regionals, were announced on the Selection Show on May 27, 2019 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the College World Series.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, National seeds
1. UCLA2. Vanderbilt3. Georgia Tech4. Georgia5. Arkansas6. Mississippi State7. Louisville8. Texas Tech


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, National seeds
9. Oklahoma State10. East Carolina11. Stanford12. Ole Miss13. LSU14 . North Carolina15. West Virginia16. Oregon State


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals, Lubbock Super Regional
†Due to flooding in the Stillwater area, including their home field Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Oklahoma State hosted their regional at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, College World Series
The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, College World Series, All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Record by conference
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Record by conference
Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Media coverage, Radio
NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It also streamed all CWS games at westwoodonesports.com on Tunein and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Bishop acting as the field reporter.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Media coverage, Radio
Kugler lost his voice after the games on June 16, so Jeff Leise (afternoon) and Damon Benning (evening) joined Bishop and Sharp on Westwood One for the games on June 17, 18, and 19 before Kugler returned on the night of the 19.


2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Media coverage, Television
ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the College World Series across its networks. During the Regionals and Super Regionals, ESPN offered a dedicated channel, ESPN Bases Loaded (carried in the same channel allotments as its "Goal Line" services for football), which carried live look-ins and analyses across the games in progress.


2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships was the 81st annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 39th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. One additional poll, the College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking, is released midway through the season after the ninth week. The CFP rankings determine who makes the four-team playoff which determines the College Football Playoff National Champion.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2019. The regular season began on August 24, 2019, and ended on December 14, 2019. The postseason concluded on January 13, 2020, with the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The LSU Tigers defeated the defending champion Clemson Tigers by a score of 42–25 to claim their first national championship in the College Football Playoff (CFP) era, and fourth overall.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season
November 6, 2019, marked the 150th anniversary of what is traditionally considered the first college football game, played between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869. Various sports media, the NCAA, and the CFP honored the 150th anniversary of the sport throughout the season. Because there were no games played during the 1871 season, this was also the 150th season of college football.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Conference realignment, Membership changes
Liberty completed a two-year transition from the FCS to the FBS in 2018 and became fully bowl-eligible starting with the 2019 season. It remained an NCAA Division I FBS Independent.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Rule changes
The following playing rule changes have been approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel for 2019:


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Kickoff games, "Week Zero"
The regular season began with two Week 0 games on Saturday, August 24:


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Kickoff games, Week 1
The majority of FBS teams opened the season on Labor Day weekend. Three neutral-site "kickoff" games were held.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Kickoff games, Week 3
An additional "kickoff game" was held on Friday, September 13.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Regular season top 10 matchups
Rankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 11 and beyond will list College Football Playoff Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that fail to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
During the college football regular season, 36 unranked teams defeated a ranked opponent. The highest ranked teams that lost to an unranked opponent were No. 3 Georgia in week 7, No. 6 Wisconsin in week 8, No. 5 Oklahoma in week 9, and No. 6 Oregon in week 13.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
No . 3 Georgia (−20.5) falls to South Carolina in 2OT


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
On October 12, No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs (5–0, 2–0) played a home conference game against the South Carolina Gamecocks (2–3, 1–2). The Bulldogs, who had won five straight against the Gamecocks, were favored by 20.5 points. Though Georgia outgained South Carolina by more than 170 yards, they had four turnovers to South Carolina's none. Tied at 17, the game went to overtime, where, after Georgia failed to score on its possession, South Carolina had a chance to kick a game-winning 33-yard field goal. However, they missed it and the game went to a second overtime where South Carolina converted on a 24-yard field goal and Georgia missed a 42-yard field goal.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
No. 6 Wisconsin (−30.5) defeated by Illinois on last second field goal


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
On October 19, No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (6–0, 3–0) was heavily favored, by 30.5 points, against their conference rivals Illinois Fighting Illini (2–4, 0–2). The game was played at Illinois' stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Wisconsin led the entire game until a last second field goal was made by Illinois to give them a 24–23 win. Wisconsin turned over the ball on their last two drives which allowed Illinois to score twice in the last six minutes of the game. The Badgers had previously defeated the Fighting Illini in nine consecutive match-ups.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
No. 5 Oklahoma's rally falls short against Kansas State (+23.5) after onside kick recovery overturned


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
On October 26, No. 5 Oklahoma Sooners (7–0, 4–0) traveled to the Kansas State Wildcats (4–2, 1–2) for a conference game. The Sooners were favored by 23.5 points and led 17–7 after the 1st quarter. However, Kansas State built a large 48–23 lead by scoring on 8 consecutive possessions, including scoring on each possession in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, after punting on its first possession of the game. In the 4th quarter, Oklahoma scored 18 consecutive points to cut the Kansas State lead to 48–41.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
After Oklahoma attempted an onside kick and appeared to recover it, the recovery was overturned due to an Oklahoma player touching the football prior to the ball traveling the required 10 yards. Kansas State was awarded possession of the ball and ran out the clock to preserve the Wildcats' first win over a top 5 team since 2006 and their first home win over Oklahoma since 1996.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Upsets
On November 23, No. 6 Oregon Ducks (9–1, 7–0) traveled to the Arizona State Sun Devils (5–5, 2–5) for a conference game. The Ducks were favored by 13.5 points, but were behind at halftime 10–7. Arizona State stretched its lead to 24–7 with less than 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter, before 4 combined touchdowns scored in the final minutes allowed the Sun Devils to escape with a 31–28 victory.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Postseason, Bowl selections
There were 39 team-competitive post-season bowl games, with two teams advancing to a 40th – the CFP National Championship game. Normally, a team is required to have a .500 minimum winning percentage during the regular season to become bowl-eligible (six wins for an 11- or 12-game schedule, and seven wins for a 13-game schedule). If there are not enough winning teams to fulfill all open bowl slots, teams with losing records may be chosen to fill all 78 bowl slots. Additionally, on the rare occasion in which a conference champion does not meet eligibility requirements, they are usually still chosen for bowl games via tie-ins for their conference.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Postseason, Bowl selections, Bowl-eligible teams
Number of bowl berths available: 78Number of bowl-eligible teams: 79


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Awards and honors, Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Rankings, CFB Playoff final rankings
On December 8, 2019, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced its final team rankings for the year.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Coaching changes, Preseason and in-season
This is restricted to coaching changes taking place on or after May 1, 2019, and includes any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled game but before its bowl game. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2019, see 2018 NCAA Division I FBS end-of-season coaching changes.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Coaching changes, End of season
This list includes coaching changes announced during the season that did not take effect until the end of the season.


2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Television viewers and ratings, Most watched regular season games
All times Eastern. Rankings are from the AP Poll (before 11/5) and CFP Rankings (thereafter).


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
The 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings consists of two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2019 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
The STATS preseason poll was released on August 5, 2019, with defending champions North Dakota State earning 142 of the 160 allotted first-place votes, while James Madison earned fourteen, defending runners-up Eastern Washington earned three, and South Dakota State earned one.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Championship Game was played on January 11, 2020, in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State entered the season as the defending champion, and after completing the regular season undefeated, successfully defended their title and secured their eighth championship in nine seasons.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Conference changes and new programs, Membership changes
The 2019 season was the last for Presbyterian in Big South Conference football. The school announced in 2017 that it had begun a transition to non-scholarship football. Presbyterian will play the 2020 season as an FCS independent before joining the non-scholarship FCS Pioneer Football League in 2021; it will remain a full but non-football Big South member.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Conference changes and new programs, Membership changes
This was also the final season for Jacksonville football, as the school announced shortly after the end of the season that it was dropping the sport.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Rule changes
The following playing rule changes have been recommended by the NCAA Football Rules Committee for 2019:


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Rule changes
All FCS teams were allowed to schedule 12 regular season games in the 2019 season. A standard provision of NCAA bylaws allows for 12 regular season games during years having 14 Saturdays in the period starting with the Labor Day (first Monday in September) weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November. The next time that a 12-game regular season will be allowed is 2024.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, "Week Zero"
The regular season began with two games on Saturday, August 24:


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, FCS team wins over FBS teams
(FCS rankings from the STATS poll, FBS rankings from the AP poll.)


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Postseason
A 24-team single-elimination tournament bracket culminated in the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game. Champions of the following 10 conferences automatically received playoff bids:


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Postseason
Teams were announced in a selection show on November 24, with the top eight teams seeded and receiving first-round byes.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Coaching changes, Preseason and in-season
This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2019. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2019, see 2018 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.


2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, Coaching changes, Preseason and in-season
Prince was placed on administrative leave by the university, "after allegations of verbal abuse and intimidation of players."


2019 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 2019 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is the 39th annual tournament organized by the NCAA, to determine the national champion of Division I women's college field hockey in the United States.


2019 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The semifinals and championship match will be played at Kentner Stadium at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from November 22 to 24, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The 2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision for the 2018 season. It was played at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on January 5, 2019, with kickoff at 12:00 noon EST, and was the culminating game of the 2018 FCS Playoffs.


2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the 2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2018 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 24-team bracket. North Dakota State and Eastern Washington qualified for the Championship by winning their semifinal games. North Dakota State was the designated home team for the game.


2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams, North Dakota State Bison
The Bison, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Klieman, finished the regular season 11–0 and received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Montana State, No. 8 seed Colgate, and No. 5 seed South Dakota State to reach the Championship Game. This was North Dakota State's seventh Championship Game appearance; they entered the game with a 6–0 record in previous finals, with their last coming in the 2017 playoffs.


2019 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, Teams, Eastern Washington Eagles
The Eagles, led by second-year head coach Aaron Best, finished the regular season 9–2 and received the No. 3 seed and a first-round bye in the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Nicholls, No. 6 seed UC Davis, and No. 7 seed Maine to reach the Championship Game. This was Eastern Washington's second Championship Game appearance; their only previous appearance was in the 2010 playoffs, which they won.


2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 55th NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 38th NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Alabama near the campus of the host school, the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In total, thirty-four different men's and women's indoor track and field events were contested from March 8 to March 9, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The Florida Gators, representing the University of Florida, with 26 points earned by sprinter, hurdler, long jumper Grant Holloway alone, won the men's championship, while the Arkansas Razorbacks, representing the University of Arkansas, won the women's championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2018–19 season. The game was played on April 8, 2019, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Virginia Cavaliers. It was the first time since 1979 that both teams in the national championship game were making their first such appearance. The Cavaliers defeated the Red Raiders, 85–77 in overtime, to win their first national title. Kyle Guy was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Texas Tech
Texas Tech, led by third-year head coach Chris Beard, finished the regular season with a record of 26–5. They posted a 14–4 conference record, earning them the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, where they lost to No. 10 seed West Virginia in their first game. In the NCAA Tournament, the Red Raiders received a No. 3 seed in the West Regional. They defeated No. 14 seed Northern Kentucky and No. 6 seed Buffalo to reach the Sweet Sixteen, where they upset No. 2 seed Michigan by nineteen points. Two days later, they defeated No. 1 seed Gonzaga to win the West Regional. In their first Final Four, the Red Raiders overcame a challenge from the East Regional champions, No. 2 seed Michigan State, whom they defeated 61–51 to reach their first ever NCAA title game.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Texas Tech
Jarrett Culver, a sophomore, was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Virginia
The Cavaliers were coming off a year they had gone from an unranked team all the way to AP No. 1, only to become the first No. 1 seed to lose in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Led by tenth-year head coach Tony Bennett, Virginia finished the regular season with a record of 28–2. They posted a 16–2 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed NC State, before losing to No. 4 seed Florida State.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Virginia
In the NCAA Tournament, the Cavaliers earned a No. 1 seed in the South Regional. The Cavaliers defeated No. 16 seed and NCAA tournament debutants Gardner–Webb in the first round, and No. 9 seed Oklahoma in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they ended a potential Cinderella run from No. 12 seed Oregon. In the Elite Eight, the Cavs beat No. 3 Purdue in overtime; with the win, they advanced to their first Final Four since 1984. They then defeated No. 5 seed Auburn, champions of the Midwest Regional, by a single point.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Virginia
De'Andre Hunter, a redshirt sophomore, was named NABC Defensive Player of the Year.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Starting lineups
Selected in an NBA Draft (number corresponds to draft round)


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Texas Tech did not score its first field goal until 7:22 into the game. The Red Raiders took the lead, 25–24, with 3:57 left in the first half. Virginia's Ty Jerome hit a three-point field goal with less than two seconds left in the first half, to give Virginia a 32–29 lead over Texas Tech at halftime. Virginia kept the lead for much of the second half, but Texas Tech stayed in the game and took the lead, until De'Andre Hunter of Virginia hit a game-tying three point shot with 12 seconds left in regulation. Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver attempted a three-point shot to win the game, but the shot was blocked by Virginia's Braxton Key, and time expired. Texas Tech outscored Virginia 39–36 in the second half, resulting in a 68–68 tie at the end of regulation.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
The game went into a five-minute overtime. Matt Mooney of Texas Tech opened overtime with two baskets, including a three-pointer, but Virginia then went on an 11–0 scoring run. Virginia ran out the clock to secure the win with a final score of 85–77.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
After the game, Virginia's Kyle Guy was chosen as the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Hunter finished the game with a career-high 27 points. Culver, meanwhile, struggled during the game while primarily defended by Hunter (NABC Defensive Player of the Year) and scored 15 points while shooting 5-for-22 (.227), including 0-for-6 on three point shots.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2018–19 season. The 81st annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 2019, and concluded with the championship game on April 8 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Virginia Cavaliers, with Virginia winning 85–77 in overtime.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Two schools made their first appearances in the tournament: Big South champion Gardner–Webb and Southland champion Abilene Christian.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
For the first time since 2001, no #8 seed survived the first round of the tournament. This was also the first time since the First Four was established in 2011 that no team in the First Four advanced past the first round of the tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
This tournament marked the first time that the Auburn Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference made the Final Four. This also marked the third Final Four appearance for the Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but their first since 1984.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 tournament was the first since 1979 to see two first-time finalists, and the first since 2006 to have a first-time national champion. As a result of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that started in late 2019 and subsequently forced the cancellation of the 2020 tournament, this would be the last tournament held until 2021.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Carsen Edwards of Purdue was the leading scorer, with 139 points in only 4 games–producing a stellar average of 34.8 points per game. Edwards also set the record for most made 3-point shots in a tournament, with 28. The previous record holder, Glen Rice of Michigan in 1989, made 27, but did it in 6 games.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
In the previous year's tournament, Virginia had infamously become the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed. At the conclusion of this year's title game, CBS announcer Jim Nantz dubbed Virginia's win the "all-time turnaround title."


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure
A total of 68 teams entered the 2019 tournament. 32 automatic bids were awarded to each program that won their conference's tournament. The remaining 36 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure
Eight teams (the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) played in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as "play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advanced to the main draw of the tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure
The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure
The selections and seedings were completed and revealed on Sunday, March 17.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2019 tournament:


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
U.S. Bank Stadium became the 40th venue to host the Final Four. This was the first hosting of the event at the facility, built on the former site of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, a two-time host in 1992 and 2001. The tournament returned to Hartford's XL Center for the first time since 1998. For the first time since 1970, the tournament returned to Columbia, South Carolina, with games played at the Colonial Life Arena.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualification and selection
Four teams, out of 353 in Division I, were ineligible to participate in the 2019 tournament; Alabama A&M and  Florida A&M failed to meet APR requirements, while California Baptist and North Alabama are amidst reclassification from Division II.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualification and selection, Tournament seeds
The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Television
CBS Sports and Turner Sports (via TBS, TNT, and truTV) had U.S. television rights to the tournament. As part of a cycle than began in 2016, CBS televised the 2019 Final Four and championship game.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Television
In response to criticism over TBS's handling of the selection show in 2018 (which featured an unconventional two-hour format where all the qualifying teams were first revealed in alphabetical order before the matchups were actually unveiled, and had viewership fall by 52% partly due to it also being aired on cable rather than CBS), it was announced that CBS's selection show would revert to an hour-long format, and prioritize unveiling the bracket.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Television
CNN president Jeff Zucker, who had also become head of WarnerMedia's sports properties after a reorganization, explained that "it's a sign of understanding when things don't necessarily go as well as you would hope you change it. So there's no shame in that. At the end of the day, you have to give the fans what they want." The show attracted its highest viewership since 2014 and averaged a 4.0 share on Nielsen overnight ratings.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Television, Commentary teams
ESPN International had international rights to the tournament. Coverage uses CBS/Turner play-by-play teams until the Final Four.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Radio
Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Internet, Video
Live video of games was available for streaming through the following means:


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Internet, Video
In addition, the March Madness app offered Fast Break, whiparound coverage of games similar to NFL RedZone.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Internet, Audio
Live audio of games was available for streaming through the following means:


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Film
Sixteen-Seed Gardner-Webb's season and appearance in the Tournament became the subject of a documentary titled The Dancin' Bulldogs released on October 16, 2020.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams
This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. A total of 68 teams are participating in the tournament. Thirty two of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The remaining 36 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams, Qualifying teams, Automatic bids
Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Conference championship runners-up in bold were given at-large berths.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams, Qualifying teams, Listed by region and seeding
The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was the 81st annual tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's golf. It was contested from May 24 to 29 at the Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas and hosted by the University of Arkansas.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Stanford won its 9th team title with at 3–2 win over Texas in the finals. Matthew Wolff of Oklahoma State won the individual title by five strokes.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Team competition, Leaderboard
After 54 holes, the field of 30 teams was cut to the top 15.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Team competition, Leaderboard
SMU defeated Clemson in a sudden-death playoff to advance to match play.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Team competition, Leaderboard
Remaining teams: Arizona State (901), South Carolina (902), Georgia Tech (903), North Carolina (904), Liberty (906), UNLV (906), LSU (907), North Florida (907), Georgia (911), Duke (912), Georgia Southern (913), Baylor (915), Illinois (915), Louisville (932), BYU (938).


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Team competition, Match play bracket
The eight teams with the lowest total scores advanced to the match play bracket.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, Individual competition
The field was cut after 54 holes to the top 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on a top 15 team. These 84 players competed for the individual championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the highest level of competition in college hockey. The tournament's Frozen Four – the semifinals and finals – were hosted by the MAAC at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York from April 11–13, 2019. This was the second Frozen Four in the city of Buffalo, as it previously hosted in 2003.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
This was the first championship since 2007 to have multiple programs make their first NCAA tournament appearance (American International and Arizona State).


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Bowling Green State University made their first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 29 years, while for the first time since 1992 an Independent program (Arizona State) made the tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Unfortunately, the tournament is as remembered for the lack of attendance as anything that happened on the ice. All semifinal and championship games had at least 5,000 fewer spectators than the building capacity (19,070) and the title game saw the lowest attendance since 2000. Though there was much discussion on the matter, a general consensus by fan bases was that the ticket prices of $200–$300 were far too high even for a championship game.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure
The tournament is composed of four groups of four teams in regional brackets. The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas. The following are the sites for the 2019 regionals:


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament procedure
The winner of each regional will advance to the Frozen Four:


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 24. Teams were seeded according to their PairWise rankings (PWR) 1 thru 16 then matchups were adjusted to prevent teams from the same conference meeting in the first round. After the four groups were decided they were placed in regions as close, geographically, to the top seed as possible.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The ECAC Hockey had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the NCHC and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth, the WCHA and Big Ten had two teams receive a berth, while one team from Atlantic Hockey received a berth. For the first time since 1992 an independent program, Arizona State, also received a tournament berth.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Television
ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament for the fifteenth consecutive year. ESPN aired every game, beginning with the regionals, on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, and ESPN3, which were streamed online via WatchESPN.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Television
In Canada, the tournament was broadcast by TSN and streamed on TSN Go.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Television
In the UK, the tournament was broadcast by BT Sport ESPN.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Radio
Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the Frozen Four and broadcast both the semifinals and the championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 49th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game (also known as the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's College Cup) was played on December 15, 2019, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina and determined the winner of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, the national collegiate soccer championship in the United States. This was the 61st edition of the oldest active competition in United States college soccer.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game
The match featured Georgetown University of the Big East Conference, and the University of Virginia of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was the first time in NCAA Tournament history that the final featured two programs from the Washington, D.C. metro area. This was also the highest scoring national final since 1980.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final
The NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1959, when it was an eight-team tournament. Since then, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams, in which every Division I conference tournament champion is allocated a berth. It was Georgetowns's first appearance since 2012, which they lost their sole NCAA final appearance against Indiana, and Virginia's first appearance since 2014, where they defeated UCLA. Virginia has won the NCAA Tournament on seven previous occasions: 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, and 2014.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Georgetown
Georgetown University was making their second appearance in the College Cup final, having previously reached the final in 2012, where they lost to Indiana. On November 17, the program qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning the 2019 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, 3–1 over Providence, claiming the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. It was the Hoyas' third consecutive Big East Tournament title, and their fourth overall. Georgetown had also won the Big East regular season championship, giving the Hoyas their second consecutive Big East regular season title, and their seventh overall. Entering the national championship game, Georgetown accumulated a record of 19–1–3 across all competitions, and a 7–0–2 record in Big East play. Jacob Montes led the Hoyas will 11 goals during the season, and Derek Dodson led the Hoyas with eight 8 assists and 26 points during the season.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Georgetown
Entering the NCAA Tournament, Georgetown was ranked second overall in the United Soccer Coaches poll, and were given the third overall seed, allowing them to earn a bye into the second round of the tournament. On November 24, in the second round, Georgetown hosted ACC outfit, Pitt, who were making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1965. Two goals from Dylan Nealis, strikes from Foster McCune and Dodson, along with an own goal from Pitt, gave the Hoyas a 5–0 victory over Pitt, their largest margin of victory all season.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Georgetown
Louisville upset the 14th seeded UC Davis in the second round, giving Georgetown a third round (Sweet 16) matchup with another ACC outfit: Louisville Cardinals. On December 1, Georgetown defeated Louisville. Georgetown once again scored five goals in the match, giving the Hoyas a 5–1 victory over Louisville. Paul Rothrock and Montes each scored twice, and Jack Beer added an additional goal for the Hoyas. Louisville's Pedro Fonseca scored the team's only goal against Georgetown.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Georgetown
On December 7, in the Quarterfinals (Elite 8), Georgetown hosted the Pac-12 champions, and the 6th-seeded, Washington Huskies. The Huskies raced out to a quick lead, thanks to a Jaret Townsend strike in the fourth minute, causing Georgetown to be trailing for the first time throughout the tournament. Midway through the second half, Montes and Dodson each scored quick succession goals to give the Hoyas a 2–1 lead, which proved to be the final score, and allowed Georgetown to book their trip to the College Cup (Final 4) for the first time since 2012.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Georgetown
On December 13, the College Cup semifinal round was held. The Semifinals were played at the neutral site WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, where Georgetown played against the seventh-seeded Stanford. Stanford had won the NCAA College Cup thrice between 2015 and 2017 before exiting in the quarterfinals in 2018, and were making their seventh College Cup appearance, their fourth in the last five years. In cold and wet conditions, Georgetown prevailed 2-0 over Stanford. Sean Zawadzki opened the scoring for the Hoyas in the fourth minute of play, and McCune scored the insurance goal for Georgetown in the 67th minute.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Virginia
The University of Virginia was making their ninth appearance in the national championship. Of the previous eight finals, Virginia had won seven of the finals, with their last loss in a national championship coming in 1997. Virginia booked their record 39th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament on November 17, with a 3–1 against Clemson in the ACC Men's Soccer Championship Game. It was Virginia's first ACC Men's Soccer Tournament title since 2009, and their 11th overall ACC Tournament championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Virginia
Additionally, Virginia had won their first regular season championship since 2010, accumulating a conference record of 6–1–1. The regular season title was Virginia's 19th overall ACC Regular Season championship. Entering the national championship game, Virginia had a record of 21–1–1. Daryl Dike led Virginia during the 2019 in both goals and assists, notching nine goals and eight total assists.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Virginia
Entering the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was ranked atop all major collegiate soccer polls (United Soccer, TopDrawer Soccer, SBI, and College Soccer News). Virginia also earned the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, allowing them to earn a bye to the second round proper of the tournament. The Cavaliers first NCAA Tournament game came on November 24, where they hosted the Big South Conference champions, Campbell. Virginia won the game 2–0 thanks to a 38th minute goal by Spencer Patton and a 85th minute goal by Nathaniel Crofts.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Virginia
The Cavaliers hosted the sixteenth-seeded, and Big East semifinalists, St. John's in the third round (Sweet Sixteen) on November 30. Three first half goals by the Cavaliers proved to be the difference in the match. Andreas Ueland netted two early goals in the 4th and 15th minutes of play, before Joe Bell notched the final goal of the match in the 37th minute.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Virginia
The following week, on December 6, Virginia hosted the American Athletic Conference champions, and 8th-seeded, SMU. In a five-goal match, Virginia prevailed on a golden goal to win 3–2. Virginia's Axel Gunnarson opened the scoring in the 18th minute, before SMU's Gabriel Costa tied the match in the 71st minute. Bell would score the goal-ahead goal for the Cavaliers in the 78th minute before the Mustangs tied the game again in the 84th minute, thanks to a header by Henrik Bredeli. In the 95th minute, Bell scored the match-winning goal, sending Virginia to the College Cup for the 13th time in program history, and for the first time since 2014.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Road to the final, Virginia
On December 13, Virginia played fellow ACC outfit, Wake Forest in the College Cup Semifinals, which was the second match of a doubleheader at WakeMed Soccer Park. In front of a crowd of 9,862, Virginia's Daryl Dike scored two first half goals, in the 19th and 23rd minutes, to give Virginia an early  2–0 lead over the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest captain, Bruno Lapa, scored a late goal for the Demon Deacons in the 79th minute, but the Cavaliers defense would prevail, to send Virginia to the national championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Pre-match, Venue selection
The National Collegiate Athletic Association determined the host of the final on April 18, 2017. The announcement of WakeMed Soccer Park  was in conjunction with Meredith Field at Harder Stadium being announced as the 2018 and 2020 College Cup venue, while WakeMed would host the College Cup again in 2021.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Danny Thornberry (United States)Tom Felice (United States)Fourth official:Chris Penso (United States)


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 61st edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college soccer. The first four rounds of the competition were held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and final) were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The championship match took place December 15, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The NCAA Selection Committee also names the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.


2019 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested from March 27–30, 2019 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas at the 96th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships was the 98th NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 38th NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. In total, forty-two different men's and women's track and field events was contested from Wednesday, June 5 to Saturday, June 8, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held from May 31 to June 4, 2019 as the final part of the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. Thirty-two teams were awarded automatic bids as champions of their conferences, and the remaining 32 were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2019 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. The UCLA Bruins won their 13th championship, defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in two games.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Bids, Automatic bids
The Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular-season champion. All other conferences have the automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National seeds
16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show, on Sunday, May 12 at 9 p.m. EDT on ESPN2. The 16 national seeds host the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advance to Women's College World Series.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National seeds
1. Oklahoma (49–2)2. UCLA (46–5)3. Washington (45–7)4. Florida State (51–8)5. Florida (44–15)6. Arizona (42–12)7. Minnesota (41–12)8. Alabama (52–7)


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, National seeds
9. Texas (41–14)10. LSU (40–16)11. Ole Miss (37–17)12. Tennessee (39–14)13. Oklahoma State (39–14)14. Kentucky (33–22)15. Michigan (43–11)16. Northwestern (43–10)


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Regionals and Super Regionals
The Regionals were held May 16–20, 2019. The Super Regionals were held May 23–26, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series was held May 30 through June 4, 2019, in Oklahoma City.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Women's College World Series, All-tournament Team
The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Record by conference
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, F, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semi-Finals, Finals, and National Champion.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Media coverage, Radio
Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. made his softball radio debut and joined returning analyst Leah Amico.


2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, Media coverage, Television
ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament. The network aired games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU,  SEC Network, and ESPN3. For just the third time in the history of the women's softball tournament, ESPN covered every regional.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game
The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The game was played on April 7, 2019, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, between Notre Dame and Baylor. Baylor won its third NCAA Championship, defeating the Fighting Irish, 82-81.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Notre Dame
Notre Dame, led by 32nd-year head coach Muffet McGraw, finished the regular season with a record of 27–3. They posted a 14–3 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, where they defeated No. 8 seed North Carolina, No. 5 seed Syracuse, and No. 2 seed Louisville en route to a conference championship. In the NCAA Tournament, the Fighting Irish received a No. 1 seed in the Chicago Regional. They defeated No. 16 seed Bethune–Cookman and No. 9 seed Michigan State to reach the Sweet Sixteen, where they beat No. 4 seed Texas A&M. They then advanced to the Elite Eight, where they won the Regional by defeating No. 2 seed Stanford. This win put the Fighting Irish in the Final Four, where they beat the Albany Regional champions, No. 2 seed Connecticut, to reach the national championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Notre Dame
Two Notre Dame players were selected to the Chicago Regional all tournament team: Arike Ogunbowale and Jessica Shepard.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Baylor
Baylor, led by 18th-year head coach Kim Mulkey, finished the regular season with a record of 28–1. They posted a 18–0 conference record, earning them the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, where they defeated No. 9 seed Texas Tech, No. 5 seed Kansas State, and No. 2 seed Iowa State en route to a conference championship. In the NCAA Tournament, the Lady Bears received a No. 1 seed in the Greensboro Regional.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Baylor
They defeated No. 16 seed Abilene Christian and No. 8 seed California to reach the Sweet Sixteen, where they easily beat No. 4 seed South Carolina. In the Elite Eight, the Lady Bears became Greensboro Regional champions by beating No. 2 seed Iowa, which they did by 32 points. In the Final Four, Baylor was matched up with the Portland Regional champions, No. 2 seed Oregon, whom they defeated by five to reach the national championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Baylor
Four Baylor players were selected to the Greensboro Regional all tournament team: Lauren Cox, DiDi Richards, Chloe Jackson, and Kalani Brown.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, Media coverage
The Championship Game was televised in the United States by ESPN.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the national champion for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 38th annual edition of the tournament began on March 22, and concluded with the championship game on April 7 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, with the University of South Florida serving as host. The tournament field was announced on March 18.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
Three schools, Colonial champion Towson, MEAC champion Bethune–Cookman and Southland champion Abilene Christian, made their first appearance in the tournament. Meanwhile, Tennessee continued its record streak of making every NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at 38 consecutive appearances. UConn also continued its record streak of 12 consecutive Final Four appearances.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure
Pending any changes to the format, a total of 64 teams will enter the 2019 tournament. 32 automatic bids shall be awarded to each program that wins their conference's tournament. The remaining 36 bids are "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The tournament is split into four regional tournaments, and each regional has teams seeded from 1 to 16, with the committee ostensibly making every region as comparable to the others as possible[citation needed]. The top-seeded team in each region plays the #16 team, the #2 team plays the #15, etc. (meaning where the two seeds add up to 17, that team will be assigned to play another).


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Tournament procedure
The Selection Committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 64.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, 2019 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals, were played at the sites of the top 16 seeds, as was done since 2015. However, the subregional that would otherwise have been hosted by South Carolina was moved to Charlotte, North Carolina due to the Gamecocks' home, Colonial Life Arena, being used for the men's tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, 2019 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
This is the third time that the women's Final Four was played in Tampa (previously, in 2008 and 2015).


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Subregionals Tournament and automatic qualifiers, Automatic qualifiers
The following teams automatically qualified for the 2019 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)* – Denotes overtime period


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Final Four
During the Final Four round, regardless of the seeds of the participating teams, the champion of the top overall top seed's region (Baylor's Greensboro Region) plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region (Mississippi State's Portland Region), and the champion of the second overall top seed's region (Notre Dame's Chicago Region) plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region (Louisville's Albany Region).


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Television
The tournament was covered by ESPN's networks. During the first and second rounds, ESPN aired select games nationally on ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPNews. All other games aired regionally on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPN3 and were streamed online via WatchESPN. Most of the nation got whip-a-round coverage during this time, which allowed ESPN to rotate between the games and focus the nation on the game that had the closest score. Over the course of rebroadcasting a studio program discussing the men's tournament, ESPNU accidentally displayed on-screen graphics prematurely revealing the tournament bracket prior to its formal unveiling that evening. The NCAA officially released the brackets two hours earlier than scheduled. Some watch parties for schools scheduled with the bracket reveal were cancelled, and ESPN apologized for the error.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Media coverage, Radio
Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament. Teams participating in the Regional Finals, Final Four, and Championship were allowed to have their own local broadcasts, but they weren’t allowed to stream those broadcasts online.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 38th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds will be played at Homewood Field in Baltimore from May 24–26, 2019. All other rounds will be played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 7–19.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field
All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 28 teams were invited to participate. 15 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 13 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament field, Seeds
1. Maryland (18-1)2. Boston College (19-1)3. North Carolina (15-3)4. Northwestern (14-4)5. Syracuse (15-4)6. Virginia (12-6)7. Princeton (14-3)8. Michigan (15-3)


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship, Bracket, Tournament bracket
Games on Conference Sports Networks (BTN & BTN+) or ESPN3 for First & Second Rounds. Semifinals on ESPNews & Finals on ESPNU


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2019 Women's College Cup) was the 38th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California from December 6–8, 2019 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2019.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs are eligible to qualify for the tournament. 28 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 3 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records. The bracket was released on November 11, 2019


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested from March 20–23, 2019 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas at the 38th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 6, 2019 and concluded on December 21 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tournament field was announced on December 1, 2019. Stanford beat Wisconsin in the final to claim their ninth national championship.


2019 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, Media Coverage
First and second round matches will be streamed or televised by local school RSN's or streaming services. The 3rd round to the finals will all be streamed by WatchESPN or televised by ESPN Networks.


2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships took place from March 21 to March 23 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena. The tournament was the 89th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and featured seventy teams across that level.


2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Penn State won their fourth consecutive title and eighth in nine years. Two programs had their first national champions: Virginia Tech (Mekhi Lewis, who was named Outstanding Wrestler), and Rutgers (Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault).


2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling head coach Scott Goodale was named NCAA Tournament Coach of the Year.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following human polls make up the 2019 NCAA Division I men's baseball rankings. The USAToday/ESPN Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of 31 Division I baseball coaches. The Baseball America poll is voted on by staff members of the Baseball America magazine. These polls, along with the Perfect Game USA poll, rank the top 25 teams nationally. Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association rank the top 30 teams nationally.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
The Preseason poll ranked the top 40 teams in the nation. Teams not listed above are: 31. Oregon; 32. UConn; 33. Miami (FL); 34. Illinois; 35. East Carolina; 36. Arizona State; 37. Stetson; 38. Louisiana; 39 Michigan; 40. Sam Houston State.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, NCBWA
The Preseason poll ranked the top 40 teams in the nation. Teams not listed above are: 31. Georgia Tech; 32. Arizona; 33. Florida Atlantic; 34. Washington; 35. UConn; 36. Missouri State; 37. Indiana; 38. Tennessee Tech; 39 San Diego State; 40. Houston.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began February 15, 2019. The season  progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and 2019 College World Series. The College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held annually in Omaha, Nebraska at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, ended on June 26, 2019. The Vanderbilt Commodores won the tournament, and were consequently named national champions.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment and format changes
Finally, one other Division I team changed its institutional and athletic identities immediately after the 2017–18 season. Indiana University and Purdue University dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) on July 1, 2018. IPFW's academic programs in health sciences transferred to the IU system as Indiana University Fort Wayne; all remaining academic programs were transferred to the Purdue system as Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). From 2018–19, the former IPFW athletic program represents only PFW, and its Summit League membership was assumed by PFW. Shortly before the dissolution took effect, but after the school's baseball season had finished, the athletic program announced that it would henceforth be known as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball season, Realignment and format changes
On October 3, 2018, Long Island University announced that it would merge its two current athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, members of the Northeast Conference (NEC), and LIU Post Pioneers, a Division II program in the East Coast Conference—into a single Division I program effective with the 2019–20 school year. The new program will compete under the LIU name with a new nickname. With both campuses sponsoring baseball, the unified LIU team will maintain LIU Brooklyn's NEC membership, but will be based on the Post campus in Brookville, New York.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference standings, Conference winners and tournaments
Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 29 ended their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that won their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Two conferences, the Big West and Pac-12, did not hold a conference tournament. The winners of those tournaments, plus the Big West and Pac-12 regular-season champions, received automatic invitations to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I baseball season, Coaching changes
This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2019 season until the day before the first day of the 2020 season.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Four major human polls make up the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings: United Soccer Coaches, Top Drawer Soccer, Soccer America, and CollegeSoccerNews.com.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 61st season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 30, 2019 and continued into the third weekend of November 2019. The season culminated with the four-team College Cup at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, December 13–15, 2019. A total of 206 men's soccer teams played in Division I during this season. The Georgetown Hoyas won their first NCAA title, defeating the Virginia Cavaliers 7–6 on penalty kicks following a 3–3 draw after.two extra time periods.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Changes from 2018, New programs
The Merrimack Warriors began the transition from Division II to Division I, joining the Northeast Conference.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Changes from 2018, New programs
Long Island University announced in October 2018 that its two current athletic programs—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Division II LIU Post Pioneers—would merge into a single Division I athletic program under the LIU name after the 2018–19 school year. The unified program, which maintains LIU Brooklyn's Division I and Northeast Conference memberships, announced its new nickname of Sharks on May 15, 2019. With both campuses having sponsored men's soccer, the two teams became a single LIU team based at the Post campus in Nassau County, New York in the 2019 season.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Changes from 2018, New programs, Rebranded programs
In addition to LIU, one other Division I men's soccer program assumed a new athletic identity during the 2018–19 offseason. On July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) announced that its athletic program, previously known as the UMKC Kangaroos, would henceforth be known as the Kansas City Roos.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Changes from 2018, New programs, Upcoming programs
Three schools that sponsor men's soccer began transitions from Division II in the 2020–21 school year. Bellarmine will join the ASUN Conference, Dixie State will join the Western Athletic Conference, and UC San Diego will join the Big West Conference.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Changes from 2018, Discontinued programs
Despite the program's many successes, the University of New Mexico's Board of Regents voted, for economic reasons, to discontinue the men's soccer program and three other sports teams at the conclusion of their 2018–19 seasons.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Changes from 2018, Conference realignment
This was also the final season for four schools in their then-current conferences. The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners and Kansas City Roos both left their then-current home of the Western Athletic Conference, with the Roadrunners joining the Big West Conference and the Roos returning to the Summit League in July 2020. The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons left the Summit League for the Horizon League. The UConn Huskies left the American Athletic Conference to join several of their former conference mates in the Big East Conference.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Regular season, Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards, Hermann Trophy
The Hermann Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player. The finalists were announced on December 12. On January 4, 2020, Robbie Robinson of Clemson won the Hermann Trophy.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Postseason, Postseason awards, TDS National Player of the Year
The TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award recognizes the top college soccer player in the nation by the TDS staff. On December 23, 2019, Joe Bell of Virginia won the award.


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Statistics, Individuals
01/22---Well after the end of the season, the NCAA Goals Against Average stats are still incomplete & incorrect...


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Statistics, Individuals
01/22---Well after the end of the season, the NCAA Save Percentage stats are still incomplete & incorrect...


2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Statistics, Individuals
01/22---Well after the end of the season, the NCAA's Total Saves stats still lack games played data...


2019 NCAA Division I softball season
The 2019 NCAA Division I Softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began February 7, 2019. The season will progress through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and will conclude with the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 2019 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament will be held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, will end in June 2019.